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Nepal: Coming Home in a Coffin

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A special election in Nepal fuels hope for an end to years of gridlock but thousands of Nepalis are...

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Abused by her husband who drank night and day and unable to earn enough money to take care of her family, Pramila Dangol decided to go to Kuwait for work. A year later, her body came back in a coffin.

Dangol was among hundreds of Nepalis who leave the country to work in the Gulf every day—and among half a dozen dead bodies that return every week. The exact cause of her death was unknown although reports said she died because of "insufficient oxygen."

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